"flap off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: flaps off [present, singular, third-person], flapping off [participle, present], flapped off [participle, past], flapped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flap off (third-person singular simple present flaps off, present participle flapping off, simple past and past participle flapped off)
  1. (intransitive, slang, informal, US, almost always with about) To talk excessively, ignorantly and/or wrongly. Tags: US, informal, intransitive, slang

Inflected forms

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